General Awareness – 121

1. Where was the first BRICS Film Festival held in September 2016? (BRICS is a group of five countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)
   1) New Delhi
   2) Goa
   3) Guwahati
   4) Hyderabad
   
2. Kakrapar Atomic Power Station is in the news recently. It is in:
   1) Tamil Nadu
   2) Gujarat
   3) West Bengal
   4) Rajasthan
   
3. British novelist Anita Brookner passed away recently. She won the Booker Prize for which of the following books?
   1) Moon Tiger
   2) The Blind Assassin
   3) Hotel du Lac
   4) Wolf Hall
   
4. Patricia Scotland is associated with which of the following groups/ organizations?
   1) G20
   2) SAARC
   3) ASEAN
   4) Commonwealth
   
5. The Nuclear Security Summit was held on March 31 and April 1, 2016 in which of the following cities?
   1) The Hague, Netherlands
   2) Seoul, South Korea
   3) Washington D.C., USA
   4) Beijing, China
   
6. "Astra" is the name of a:
   1) Surface to Air missile
   2) Air to Air missile
   3) Submarine
   4) Battle Tank
   
7. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner?
   1) V.S. Sampath
   2) N. Gopalaswamy
   3) Naveen Chawla
   4) Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
   
8. Which of the following is also called Black Pagoda?
   1) Sun Temple, Konark
   2) Jagannath Temple, Puri
   3) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
   4) None of these
   
9. The Indian national calendar is based on which of the following eras?
   1) Vikram era
   2) Christian era
   3) Saka era
   4) None of these
   
10. At the 63rd National Film Awards which film won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration?
    1) Masaan
    2) Nirnayakam
    3) Bajirao Mastani
    4) Nanak Shah Fakir
    
11. Who appoints the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India?
    1) The Prime Minister
    2) The Home Minister
    3) The Chief Justice of India
    4) The President
    
12. Which of the following rivers does not flow into Bay of Bengal?
    1) Krishna
    2) Godavari
    3) Narmada
    4) Ganga
    
13. The value of a commodity expressed in terms of money is known as:
    1) Utility
    2) Demand
    3) Value
    4) Price
    
14. In which year was Planning Commission established?
    1) 1947
    2) 1950
    3) 1949
    4) 1951
    
15. The Finance Commission is constituted every:
    1) Three years
    2) Four years
    3) Five years
    4) Six years
    
16. In which year was the Reserve Bank of India nationalized?
    1) 1935
    2) 1937
    3) 1947
    4) 1949
    
17. The Fundamental Duties were added to the Indian constitution by which of the following amendments?
    1) 24th amendment
    2) 42nd amendment
    3) 44th amendment
    4) 36th amendment
    
18. Who among the following Indian rulers defeated Seleucus Nicator?
    1) Bimbisara
    2) Bindusara
    3) Chandragupta Maurya
    4) Ashoka
    
19. Guwahati is situated on the bank of which of the following rivers?
    1) Brahmaputra
    2) Ganga
    3) Hooghly
    4) Teesta
    
20. The green color of the plant leaves is due to the presence of:
    1) Mitochondria
    2) Chlorophyll
    3) Lipids
    4) Carbohydrates
    
21. Who was fondly called "Madiba"?
    1) Nelson Mandela
    2) Martin Luther King Junior
    3) Wangari Mathai
    4) None of these
    
22. "Unbreakable" is the autobiography of which of the following sportspersons?
    1) Saina Nehwal
    2) Mary Kom
    3) Sania Mirza
    4) Karanam Malleswari
    
23. Who propounded the theory of economic drain of India during the British Imperialism?
    1) Mahatma Gandhi
    2) W.C. Banerjee
    3) Dadabhai Naoroji
    4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    
24. "Entomology" is a science that studies:
    1) Climate Change
    2) Formation of rocks
    3) Human behavior
    4) Insects
    
25. Which of the following is responsible for transpiration in plants?
    1) Xylem
    2) Phloem
    3) Bark
    4) Stomata
    
26. The University of Nalanda was established during the reign of emperor:
    1) Kumaragupta-I
    2) Skandagupta
    3) Chandragupta-I
    4) Harshavardhana
    
27. The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is located in:
    1) Mount Abu
    2) Khajuraho
    3) Varanasi
    4) Haridwar
    
28. Who was the Vice President of the Constituent Assembly of India?
    1) Rajendra Prasad
    2) Pattabhi Seetaramayya
    3) H.C. Mookherjee
    4) T.T. Krishnamachari
    
29. Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by which of the following endocrine glands?
    1) Pancreas
    2) Pituitary
    3) Hypothalamus
    4) Adrenal
    
30. Dul Hasti is a hydroelectric power plant in Kishtwar district of:
    1) Haryana
    2) Himachal Pradesh
    3) Uttarakhand
    4) Jammu & Kashmir
    
31. "World Post Day" is celebrated every year on:
    1) October 9
    2) November 9
    3) September 9
    4) December 9
    
32. Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research is located in which of the following places?
    1) Pune
    2) Lucknow
    3) Mumbai
    4) Nagpur
    
33. In which State is Dudhwa National Park situated?
    1) Uttarakhand
    2) Madhya Pradesh
    3) Uttar Pradesh
    4) Chhattisgarh
    
34. Who was the only Indian to be elected as the President of the United Nations General Assembly?
    1) Indira Gandhi
    2) V.K. Krishna Menon
    3) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
    4) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
    
35. Who is the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
    1) Santosh Yadav
    2) Dicky Dolma
    3) Bachendri Pal
    4) Arunima Sinha
    
36. There is no provision in the Constitution for the impeachment of the:
    1) Chief Justice of India
    2) Chief Justice of a High Court
    3) Vice President
    4) Governor
    
37. With which of the following is the term "Epicenter" associated?
    1) Volcanoes
    2) Earthquakes
    3) Landslides
    4) Cyclones
    
38. Who was the first Governor General of India?
    1) Warren Hastings
    2) William Bentinck
    3) Cornwallis
    4) Dalhousie
    
39. The chemicals released by one species of animals to attract the other members of the same species are:
    1) Hormones
    2) Pheromones
    3) Steroids
    4) Nucleic acids
    
40. With which of the following fields is the name of Nobel laureate S. Chandrasekhar associated?
    1) Fluid Mechanics
    2) Chemistry
    3) Physiology
    4) Astrophysics
    
41. Which of the following is used to measure the intensity of the earthquake?
    1) Pascal scale
    2) Metric scale
    3) Richter scale
    4) Newton scale
    
42. Garba is a dance form of which of the following States?
    1) Rajasthan
    2) Gujarat
    3) Odisha
    4) Assam
    
43. Cell or tissue death within a living body is called:
    1) Neoplasia
    2) Neutrophilia
    3) Necrosis
    4) None of these
    
44. Insufficient supply of blood to an organ or part of the human body is called:
    1) Anemia
    2) Hemostasis
    3) Hemorrhage
    4) Ischaemia
    
45. BCG vaccine is used against which of the following diseases?
    1) Leprosy
    2) Tuberculosis
    3) Measles
    4) Diphtheria

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Published date : 10 Sep 2016 11:55AM